Peekskill

Community Gun Buyback in Peekskill Collects 66 Firearms

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PEEKSKILL, NY – A Community Gun Buyback event held in Peekskill resulted in the collection of 66 firearms, including rifles, handguns, and shotguns. The event was organized in partnership with the United Methodist Church, NAACP-Peekskill Area Chapter, City of Peekskill Police Department, and the City of Peekskill, New York. District Attorney Rocah stated, “As of today, 66 more guns are off our streets and out of potentially the wrong hands. He said the gun buybacks are part of a broader gun safety goals intended to reduce gun-involved incidents, including gun suicides. The initiative aims to promote gun safety, stop gun

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Former Town Of Cortlandt Employee And Peekskill Business Owner Indicted For Public Corruption And Fraud Offenses

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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a seven-count Indictment in White Plains federal court charging GLENN GRIFFIN, the owner, president, and principal of Griffin’s Landscaping Corporation, in separate bribery and bid rigging schemes, and GRIFFIN and ROBERT DYCKMAN, a former Assistant General Foreman with the Town of Cortlandt, in the bribery scheme in which DYCKMAN allowed GRIFFIN to dump hundreds of truckloads of unauthorized materials at a Cortlandt

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Former Town Of Cortlandt Supervisor And Peekskill Business Owner Indicted For Public Corruption And Fraud Offenses

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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a seven-count Indictment in White Plains federal court charging GLENN GRIFFIN, the owner, president, and principal of Griffin’s Landscaping Corporation, in separate bribery and bid rigging schemes, and GRIFFIN and ROBERT DYCKMAN, a former Assistant General Foreman with the Town of Cortlandt, in the bribery scheme in which DYCKMAN allowed GRIFFIN to dump hundreds of truckloads of unauthorized materials at a Cortlandt

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Peekskill Man Who Identifies As An “Incel” Or “Involuntary Celibate” Is Sentenced To 2 And A Half Years In Prison For Stalking, Threatening, And Harassing Multiple Victims

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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID KAUFMAN, a/k/a “David Khalifa,” a/k/a “John Morray,” a/k/a “Big Man,” a self-identified “Incel,” was sentenced to 30 months in prison, after pleading guilty to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020.  U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román imposed today’s sentence.  U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “David Kaufman, a self-described ‘Incel,’ or ‘Involuntary Celibate,’ expressed his hatred of women by terrorizing and harassing his victims though threats of violence.  The Court’s sentence sends a clear message to the public that perpetrators of

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TAKE 5 $38K Top-Prize Winner Sold in Peekskill

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PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK – The New York Lottery today announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the January 24 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing. The ticket, worth $38,050, was purchased at BEER WORLD located at 1719 MAIN ST in PEEKSKILL. Take 5 players with midday and evening draws on the same ticket must check their numbers at nylottery.ny.gov to determine if they have the winning numbers for the corresponding midday or evening drawing. TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The drawing is televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize

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Peekskill Man Who Identifies As An “Incel” Or “Involuntary Celibate” Pleads Guilty To Stalking Multiple Victims

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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Dermot Shea, Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD”), and Kevin P. Bruen, Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP”), announced today the guilty plea of DAVID KAUFMAN, a/k/a “David Khalifa,” a/k/a “John Morray,” a/k/a “Big Man,” to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020.  KAUFMAN pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román, to whom the case is assigned. U.S.

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